parlor
pronunciation
How to pronounce parlor in British English:
UK ['pɑ:lə]
How to pronounce parlor in American English:
US ['pɑlə]
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- Noun:
- reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received
- a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax
Word Origin
- parlor (n.)
- c. 1200, parlur, "window through which confessions were made," also "apartment in a monastery for conversations with outside persons;" from Old French parleor "courtroom, judgment hall, auditorium" (12c., Modern French parloir), from parler "to speak" (see parley (n.)). Sense of "sitting room for private conversation" is late 14c.; that of "show room for a business" (as in ice cream parlor) first recorded 1884. As an adjective, "advocating radical views from a position of comfort," 1910.
Example
- 1. In the background , the two small girls were playing blocks on the parlor rug in the light of the green hurricane lamps .
- 2. Her tone changed to one of obsequious solemnity as she turned to the banker : " the parlor is ready mr. phelps . "
- 3. She worked her way from kitchen to parlor , persuading herself she was only putting the rooms to right to give herself something to do .
- 4. He does that during their long conversation in norman 's " parlor , " where savage stuffed birds seem poised to swoop down and capture them as prey .
- 5. Maria looks at the future with caution ; she is expanding her business and has opened a new tattoo parlor barely a month ago that also features a boutique offering goth clothes and accessories .